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WJB
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      10-08-2008
Hi,

I'm running Vista Ultimate SP1 and am wondering where IE7 saves the contents
of the dropdown list that appears at the top of the IE window between the
Forward/Back buttons and the Refresh & Stop buttons.

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Rick Rogers
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      10-09-2008
Hi,

In the registry here:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs

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"WJB" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm running Vista Ultimate SP1 and am wondering where IE7 saves the
> contents
> of the dropdown list that appears at the top of the IE window between the
> Forward/Back buttons and the Refresh & Stop buttons.
>
> Thanks


 
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WJB
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      10-10-2008
This is very informative. Thank you very much, Mark.

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> There are two places in the Registry. One of the MRU (most recently used)
> lists is visible, but the 'Autocomplete" list is encrypted, by design. You
> can clear History of the browser to clear one whole part, and clear
> Autocomplete at Tools menu, Options, Content tab, Autocomplete, "Settings"
> button. You are probably thinking of 'picking one off' the list, and that is
> only possible for the part not in Autocomplete. A 'find' on the edit menu of
> RegEdit should show you that one. (If you do delete that Value, you need to
> adjust the MRU count Value also, or you will see what has been an 'anxiety
> causing' black spot for a while in the drop list.
> Clearing web site History is at Tools, "Delete Browser History" though I
> can't help mentioning that the new IE8 (Beta two at this writing) has
> "InPrivate" browsing to temporarily turn off the History/Autocomplete
> feature. (Most people are calling it 'porn mode', but I prefer thinking of
> the feature as a 'busybody blocker' )
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> Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users.
> Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson
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> "WJB" <> wrote in message
> news:A2D1E3E8-D6B1-4CFF-8A97-...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm running Vista Ultimate SP1 and am wondering where IE7 saves the
> > contents
> > of the dropdown list that appears at the top of the IE window between the
> > Forward/Back buttons and the Refresh & Stop buttons.
> >
> > Thanks

>

 
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